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Extracts from the Schirmer Diary, 1861, Part 4

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1860, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Fort Sumter SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1960, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:seccession, ts:diary

Extracts from the Schirmer Diary, 1861, Part 5

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1860, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Fort Sumter SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1960, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:seccession, ts:diary

Extracts from the Schirmer Diary, 1861, Part 6

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Extracts from War-Time Letters, 1861-1864

“November 12, 1861-June 16, 1865. Westport, Missouri. Six letters from a young woman to her mother which describes the severe effects of the war on the western border.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Jackson County MO, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1928, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Federals "Sweep the Coast": An Expedition into St. Charles Parish, August 1862

Fort Fisher

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fort Fisher, he:seige of Fort Fisher, loc:Fort Fisher NC, loc:Kure Beach NC, loc:North Carolina, pd:1893, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

From Gloom to Glory

“Late 1864. Middle Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers a story about the joys of going from “rags and tatters” as Confederate paper is exchanged for “a 20-gold piece.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Nashville, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1922, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

From the Diary of John R. Thompson

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:England, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1928, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:political, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:diary

Going Home From the Army

“April-May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Benton County, Arkansas. An Arkansas paroled soldier recalls the many intricacies of his journey home after the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Benton County Ak, loc:Chattanooga County GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Washington GA, pd:1930, su:confederate, su:military, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Henry M. Stanley in Arkansas and the Dixie Grays

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Shiloh, loc:Corinth MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Tennessee, milt:6th Arkansas Regiment of Volunteers CSA, pd:1942, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:prison, su:warfront, ts:memory

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